progeny
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But none of this—its imperfect construction, its lack of architectural progeny, its scientific failure—affects its intrinsic greatness.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
And Standard Oil’s progeny formed the core of the “Seven Sisters” oil majors that divvied up among themselves the Middle East’s resources until the 1970s.
From Barron's ● May 7, 2026
In any other sport, the progeny of a former star player ascending to the highest level would be especially noteworthy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2025
Rich men can afford to support lots of progeny they never have to see.
From Salon ● Jun. 5, 2025
There are some creatures that do not seem to die at all; they simply vanish totally into their own progeny.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
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The series wisely taps some familiar faces from Bravo shows of yore, tossing “Housewives” progenies Ariana Biermann, Riley Burruss, Gia Giudice and Brooks Marks into the batter before adding a few special ingredients.
From Salon ● Aug. 2, 2025
Symbolically, though, the first of Johnson’s hallmark progenies graced a route that bendies had snaked along and where the Routemaster had met its end – the number 38, which links Hackney with Victoria.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 3, 2015
But more than just being little progenies, the Smith children combine their beyond-their-years giftedness with a truly kid-like apparent pleasure in what they do.
From Salon ● Oct. 19, 2010
But out of those six we have three trees, the seed of which will produce seedling progenies that come very true to the type of the parent tree.
From Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Forty-Second Annual Meeting Urbana, Illinois, August 28, 29 and 30, 1951 by Northern Nut Growers Association
That is growing seedling progenies of certain parent trees.
From Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Forty-Second Annual Meeting Urbana, Illinois, August 28, 29 and 30, 1951 by Northern Nut Growers Association
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A Midsummer Night's Dream
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